ABSTRACT
This is essentially an examination of how built space can evoke temporal responses. In the scientific world these dimensions are often presented as broadly equivalent. The knowledge that our personal allocation of this precious resource is not only finite but has also been diminishing from the moment we entered the world dominates our being in a way that our allotment of space does not. Space can always be acquired, but we may only “spend” time. Yet there are also profound differences between our conceptions of space and time. Space, at least in the West since the time of Descartes, has generally been thought of as having three dimensions, while time is often treated as having only one. It is also common to imagine time as moving past us, rather than ourselves moving through it, as we do through space. The chapter also presents an overview on the key concepts discussed in this book.
